NHS Lothian
Specialist Doctor in Community Paediatrics
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Community Paediatrics
St Johns Hospital, Livingston
You will also be required to work other NHS Lothian sites.
About NHS Lothian
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
A Doctor Appointed To This Grade
- shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council
- shall have completed a minimum of 10 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted
- shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework
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Position Details
- Job Title: Community Paediatrician
- Working Hours: 20 hours per week, pay will be pro rata
- Location: St. Johns Hospital
- Employment Type: Permanent, part-time (0.5 WTE)
- Department: West Lothian Community Paediatrics Department
The post holder will join an established and experienced team of paediatricians and therapists. There is no commitment to child protection duties or working within the acute receiving unit for general paediatrics within this post.
The Community Paediatrics service is a Lothian wide service and the person appointed will be required to work at other sites.
Contact Information
For An Informal Discussion Please Contact:
Dr Charlotte Kirk
- Consultant Paediatrician
- Clinical Director
- Department of Community Paediatrics
- Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
- 50 Little France Crescent
- Edinburgh
- EH16 4TJ
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Tel: 0131 3120740
Email: charlotte.kirk@nhs.scot
Eleanor Quirke
- Clinical Service Manager
- Department of Community Paediatrics
- Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
- 50 Little France Crescent
- Edinburgh
- EH16 4TJ
Tel: 0131 312 0740
Application Information
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- We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.
- Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing.
- The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early
Closing Date
23/10/2026
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